Benno vom eigen



No. 753,381. V PATENTED MAR. l, 1904. B. VOM EIGEN.

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APPLICATION FILED 0UT.30. 1903 MODEL.

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ATTORNEY UNITED STATES.

BENNO voM EIGlIN, or NEWARK,

Patented March 1, 1904.

NEW JERSEY, .AssIeNon .To AUG.

GOERTZ & 00., or NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, A FIRM.

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SPEGIFIGATIONforming part of Letters Patent No. 753,381, dated March 1 1904. v '7 Application fi led October 30, 1903. Serial No- 179,147. model.) i

To all whom it may concern: v Be it known that I, BENNO VOM EIGEN, a citizen of the United States, residing atNewark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Boxes; and I do hereby declarethe following to be a full, clear, and ex- 'act'description of the invention, such as .will

enable others skilled in the art to which it ap- I pertains to make and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and

to figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification:

The present invention has reference toim- I5 provements in match and other similar boxes;

and the invention has for its principal object to provide a novel hinge connection between the body of the box and its lid or cover, where- 4 by when the lid or cover of the box is. in its normal open position it will stand at right angles, or nearly so, to the plane of the body of the box, but can be turned farther back to lie in a plane parallel with the said plane of the body of the box without detriment or weakening of the spring employed with the hinge connection between the said body of the box and its lid or cover.

My present invention consists in the various arrangements and combinations of parts, all

3 of which will be described in detail in the following specification, and then finally embodied in the clauses of the clainnwhich are appended to and form an essential part of the said.

specification; The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- 1 Figure 1 is a plan view of a match or other box provided with a hinge connection enibodying the principles of the present inven- 4 tion, with the lid of the box represented in its open relation to the body of the box.

is a horizontal sectional representation, on an enlarged scale, of the hinge connection between the body and lid of the box. Fig. 3 is a vertical 4S cross-section-taken on line 3 3 in said Fig. 2. Fig. 4is asimilar cross-section taken on line 44 in the saidfigure; and 5 is a perspective view of the spring employed with the hinge connection represented in said Figs. 2, 3, 5 and 4.

Fig-9 Similar characters of reference are em ployed in the above-described views to indi-' cate corresponding parts.

Referring now to the said drawings, the ref.-

erence character 1 indicates the complete match or other box, and the same comprises abody, 2 ends. lid 3, both of which are made from sheet metal. The said body 2, as will be seen from the several figures of the drawings, is preferably of a rectangular configuration, but the general contour of the box is not essential, and the said body comprises a base 4 and its surrounding side portions, which form a front. 5, a back 6, and the ends 7, all of which are preferably integrally united by being struck up or formed in any suitable manner from a single piece of metal.

The back of the body 2 is made with a pair of upwardly-extending ears or curled hinge portions 8 and 9, and the lid or cover 3 is in like manner made at its rearedge with'apair of downwardly-extending ears or curled hinge portions 10 and 11, registering with the ears or curled hinge portions 8 and 9 in the manner represented in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings.- Within the said ears or curled hinge 8, 9, 10, and 11 I have arrangeda flat rod or bar rtions 12, made from spring metal, the said rod or bar and 14, formed, respectively, in the ear or curled portion 8 of the body 2 and in the ear or curled portion 10 of the lid or cover 3,",

thereby providing the said ears or curled portions on their interior with inwardly-extending projections. The result of this arrangement is that when the lid or cover 3 is held in its closed" relation with the body of the box or when it is forced into its open relation at an angle beyond that of the right-angled relation to the plane of the body of the box the said-bar or rod 12 receives a twist, as indicated in Figs. 2, 3, and 4 of the drawings, and the normal tendency of the said rod or bar 12 being to assume its untwisted position the said loo lid or cover 3 will stand at right angles, or approximately so, to the plane of the body of the box when released from its closed position with the said body, or when the said lid or cover is not held by the operator in a P0 sition beyond the said right-angled relation of are said lid or cover tothe said body of the From the previous description of my invention it will be seen that I have devised a simply-constructed hinge connection the parts of which can easily be assembled and in which the use of a coiled spring is avoided, such springs being weak in operation and often producing a poor hinge connection, which is subject to lost motion and imperfect action.

I am aware that some changes may be made in the several arrangements and combinations of the parts without departing from the scope of this invention. Hence I do not limit my invention to the exact arrangements and combinations of the parts as described in the foregoing specification and as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, nor do I confine myself to the exact details of the construction of the said parts.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. In a box, the combination, with the body of the box and its cover, the said body and cover being each provided with curled hinge members which register with each other, of a flat spring-bar arranged in said hinge members forming the pintle, and means connected with some of said hinge members for producing a twisted arrangement of the said springbar when the said cover is closed upon the body of the box, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. In a box, the combination, with the body of the box and its cover, the said body and.

cover being each provided with curled hinge members which register with each other, of a flat spring-bar arranged in said hinge members forming the pintle, and means connected 45 with some of said hinge members for producing a twisted arrangement of the said springbar when the said cover is closed upon the body of the box and also when the lid is arranged in its open position beyond a plane at right angles to the plane of the body of the box, the said spring-bar being in its normally untwisted relation when the said cover stands at right angles to the plane-of the body of the box,h substantially as and for the purposes set fort 3. In a box, the combination, with a body having curled hinge members, andan indentation on one of said members, of a lid having curled hinge members registering with the hinge members of said body, and an indentation in one of the hinge members of said lid, and a spring-bar arranged in said hinge members, said bar having its end portions in fixed engagement with the projecting portions formed by said indentations upon the inner portions of the respective hinge members, whereby when the said lid is closed the springbar is twisted, but when the said lid is opened, the said spring-bar is in its normally untwisted state, substantially as and for the purposes set forth. y

In testimony that-I claim the invention set forth above I have hereunto set my hand this 28th day of October, 1903.

BENNO VOM EIGEN.

Witnesses:

FREDK. C. FRAENTZEL, GEO. D. RICHARDS. 

